
ALL CREATED ON BURPEE’S FORDHOOK FARMS 
Unsurpassed for quality, uniformity and yield. Every seed from a hand pollinated fruit. 

1131 BURPEE’S BIG BOY 
Shown in color on back cover ; 
78 days. New, altogether different, first 
generation (F;) hybrid; a splendid com- 
panion to our Burpeeana, Fordhook, 
Clinton and Burpee Hybrids. Big Boy is | 
at its peak of performance in midseason, 
when many standard varieties decline in 
yield and size of fruit. 
Plants are very large, extremely vigor- 
ous, semi-upright to spreading in habit; 
moderately dense dark green foliage pro-: 
tects the fruits from sun-scald. 
Well grown fruits are extra large, aver- 
age 10 ozs. with some weighing 1 lb. or 
more. Unlike other large fruited varie- 
ties, Big Boy tomatoes are perfectly 
smooth, deep globe to deep oblate in 
shape and very firm; scarlet-red skin, 
thick walls, with bright red meaty flesh 
of fine flavor and excellent quality. An 
ideal hybrid for the home garden and 
market grower, especially roadside sales. 
The picture gives you some idea of the 
height of a staked plant, the size of the 
tomatoes and the quantity of fruit pro- 
duced. Because of the extra strong, thick, 
sturdy, strong stemmed growth, be sure 
to provide tall, strong poles, preferably 
rough, to better hold string or other 
material used to tie up the plants. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 50¢; 2 pkts. 95¢; 
3 pkts. $1.35; 5 pkts. $2.20. ) 
IMPORTANT— PLEASE READ 
HYBRID TOMATOES 
Hybrid Tomatoes are strong, vigorous growers 
and outyield regular varieties, the extra quanti- 
ties coming, in large measure, from the soil. It can 
be readily understood that because Hybrid To- 
matoes have the ability to produce larger plants ~ . 
and higher yield they must be fed more than 
standard tomatoes. Therefore, to produce a maxi- | 
mum crop of large fruits, we recommend that you ’ 
maintain good fertility and moisture in your soil. 
For this purpose, it is desirable to make your 
fertilizer application at the time of planting and, 
if possible, cover the ground around the plants 
with well-rotted manure when plants begin to 
bloom or set their first fruit. 
If you stake your plants, train them to a single 
stem and pinch off side shoots when very small. 
These side shoots develop at the joint where a 
sa ia leaf see's the main fae: ae a Sh. yiserne ny 
: : ‘ Woo such shoots as it takes only a few days for them ' | 
The new giant hybrid, Big Boy Tomato, and Dr. Oved Shifriss who  ¢. Spowtirtee ata ond ase ee shapes | 
developed it on Burpee’s Fordhook Farms. more troublesome to remove. -, | 
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How to Grow Tomatoes ; 
Sow seed in a hotbed, or in a shallow box in the house, allowing 6 to 8 weeks to produce plants large enough for setting 
outdoors when weather becomes warm. When plants are about 2 in. tall, transplant to stand 4 in. apart each way, or pot singly 
in 3 in. pots. Plant outdoors when all danger of frost is past. Where summers are long, seed may be sown directly outdoors when 
soil and weather get warm. When plants are large enough to transplant, set them where they are to remain; such plants will come 
into bearing later than those started earlier indoors or in a hotbed. A pkt. of standard tomato seeds will produce about 200 plants; 
1 0z. 2000. Days to maturity given in the descriptions are from field setting of the plants until first usable fruits are ready. Plants 
should be moved with a minimum of disturbance to the roots when transplanting or setting out in the garden. 

104 .. W. ATLEE BURPFE CO., Seed Growers and Breeders, Philadelphia 32, Pa., and Clinton, lowa 

